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California’s Coronavirus Response Statewide and Local August 7, 2020

The saga continues.

After a month or more of eased restrictions, California’s “Statewide Public Health Officer Order”  (July 13, 2020) required all counties to close indoor operations for:

  • dine-in restaurants
  • wineries and tasting rooms
  • movie theaters
  • family entertainment centers (for example: bowling alleys, miniature golf, batting cages and arcades)
  • zoos and museums, and
  • card rooms

With exception for any outdoor dining services, bars, brewpubs, breweries, and pubs were also to close all operations.

The new order also specified that counties remaining on the California County Monitoring List for three consecutive days are required to shut down:

  • gyms and fitness centers
  • places of worship and cultural ceremonies including weddings and funerals
  • offices for non-critical infrastructure sectors
  • personal care services such as nail salons and body waxing
  • hair salons and barbershops
  • shopping malls
  • shops that offer tattoos
  • piercings, and
  • electrolysis

We count 20 counties which have rescinded their local orders to follow statewide guidances:

  • Colusa
  • Calaveras
  • El Dorado
  • Fresno
  • Inyo
  • Kern
  • Kings
  • Lake
  • Mono
  • Monterrey
  • Nevada
  • Placer
  • Riverside
  • San Benito
  • San Bernardino
  • San Luis Obispo
  • Santa Cruz
  • Stanislaus
  • Tehama and
  • Yolo

Other counties and many cities continue with “safer at home” or “shelter in place” ordinances similar to or stricter than Sacramento’s statewide directives. To our knowledge, as of August 7, 2020:

City or County Effective DateExpiration Date Resources
Alameda CountyJuly 20, 2020Until further noticeAlameda County’s FAQs
BerkeleyJuly 18, 2020Until further noticeCity of Berkeley’s website
Contra Costa CountyJuly 12, 2020Until further noticeContra Costa County’s FAQs
Culver CityJuly 21, 2020Until further noticeCulver City’s FAQs
Humboldt CountyJune 17, 2020Until further noticeHumboldt County’s FAQs
Imperial CountyJuly 2, 2020Until further noticeImperial County’s FAQs
Amended Health Officer Order - Isolation Non-Immunocompromised (7.23.20)
Amended Health Officer Order - Isolation Immunocompromised and/or Critically Ill (7.23.20)
Long BeachJuly 14, 2020Until further noticeLong Beach’s website
Los Angeles CityJuly 31, 2020Until further noticeLos Angeles City’s FAQs
Los Angeles County (All unincorporated areas and cities in LA County except for Long Beach and Pasadena) July 18, 2020Until further notice
Los Angeles County’s FAQs.

Marin CountyMay 15, 2020Until further noticeMarin County’s website
Mendocino CountyAugust 3, 2020August 14, 2020Mendocino County’s FAQs
Merced CountyAugust 4, 2020Until further noticeMerced County’s website
Napa CountyJuly 18, 2020Until further noticeNapa County’s FAQs
Palm SpringsJuly 31, 2020Until further noticePalm Springs’s website
PasadenaJuly 20, 2020Until further noticePasadena’s website
Sacramento CountyJuly 14, 2020Until further noticeSacramento County’s FAQs
San Diego CountyJuly 29, 2020Until further noticeSan Diego County’s FAQs
San Francisco City and CountyJuly 20, 2020Until further noticeSan Francisco’s website
San Joaquin CountyJuly 29, 2020Until further noticeSan Joaquin County’s website
Santa Clara CountyJuly 13, 2020Until further noticeSanta Clara County ’s FAQs
Santa Clara County’s guidance
San Mateo CountyJuly 14, 2020Until further noticeSan Mateo County’s FAQs
San Mateo County’s press release
Santa Barbara CountyJuly 14, 2020August 12, 2020Santa Barbara’s website
Solano CountyJuly 20, 2020Until further noticeSolano County’s website
Sonoma CountyJuly 12, 2020Until further noticeSonoma County’s FAQs
City or County Effective DateExpiration Date Resources
Sutter CountyJuly 12, 2020Until further noticeSutter County’s website
Sutter County’s press release
Tulare CountyJuly 1, 2020Until further noticeTulare County’s FAQs
Tulare County’s website
Ventura CountyJuly 16, 2020Until further noticeVentura County ‘s website Ventura County’ s FAQs
Yuba CountyJuly 12, 2020Until further noticeYuba County’s FAQs

Thanks again to our legal assistant Daniska Coronado for these continuing updates. Please use the above links and other online resources for further developments. Requirements of varying strictness continue to change frequently, municipality-by-municipality.

See also:

For more information, contact Tim Bowles, Cindy Bamforth or Helena Kobrin.

Tim Bowles
Daniska Coronado

August 7, 2020

August 7, 2020

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